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[S]heriff Dart, his office, and all employees, agents, or others who are acting or have acted for or on behalf of him, shall take no actions, formal or informal, to coerce or threaten credit card companies, processors, financial institutions, or other third parties with sanctions intended to ban credit card or other financial services from being pro- vided to Backpage.com. Sheriff Dart shall immediately upon receipt of this order transmit a copy electronically to Visa and MasterCard and all other recipients of his June 29, 2015, letter (including therefore the directors of and investors in Visa and MasterCard), as well as to the Chief Inspector of the United States Postal Service. Backpage.com shall not be required to post a security bond.
REVERSED AND REMANDED , WITH DIRECTIONS
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The case was reversed and remanded back to the lower court with the instant issue being the Sheriff’s conduct was in violation of the First Amendment ... Speech that threatens is not protected speech.
Credit card associations can choose what business and what terms they give as long as it is not illegal discrimination (race, creed. religion, etc..).
VISA and Mastercard are not ordered to change the way they do business -- the Sheriff is ordered.